---
title: 'Peter the First, Part One (1937)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Vladimir Petrov'
released: '1937-08-31'
runtime_minutes: 194
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/peter-the-first-part-one-1937'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029405/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Peter the First, Part One (1937)

1937 · 194 min · Drama, History, War · Soviet Union

Original title: Пётр Первый

## Synopsis

Peter the Great is a 1937-1938 Soviet two-part historical biographical film, shot on the Order of Lenin from Leningrad film studio Lenfilm director Vladimir Petrov on the eponymous play Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, devoted to the life and activity of the Russian Emperor Peter I.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Vladimir Petrov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-petrov)
- **Screenplay:** [Vladimir Petrov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-petrov), [Aleksey Tolstoy](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksey-tolstoy), [Nikolay Leshchenko](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolay-leshchenko)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Vladimir Shcherbachov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-shcherbachov)
- **Director of Photography:** [Vyacheslav Gordanov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vyacheslav-gordanov), [Vladimir Yakovlev](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-yakovlev)

## Cast

- [Mikhail Zharov](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikhail-zharov) as Alexander Menshikov
- [Nikolai Simonov](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolai-simonov) as Peter the Great
- [Nikolay Cherkasov](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolay-cherkasov) as Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia
- [Alla Tarasova](https://cinepixo.com/people/alla-tarasova) as Catherine I of Russia
- [Mikhail Tarkhanov](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikhail-tarkhanov) as Boris Sheremetev

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